Metso has received orders to supply two grinding mills to Emerald Resources NL for the company’s Dingo Range gold project in Western Australia and the Memot gold project in Cambodia. The value of the orders exceeds EUR 10 million, and they will be booked in the Minerals segment’s Q2 2026 orders received.
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Metso has received a repeat order from the same customer for the replacement and modernization of a railcar dumper for a mining client in the Asia-Pacific region. Metso’s scope of delivery includes a new, fully pre-assembled dumper cage, featuring significant improvements designed to increase throughput, facilitate maintenance, and reduce material loss. The customer’s first order is currently in the delivery phase.
The value of the order is over EUR 10 million, and it has been booked in the Minerals segment’s first-quarter 2026 orders received.
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Metso has opened its expanded service center and a new training center in Mesa, Arizona. The investment improves support for mining customers in the southwestern United States. The Mesa center uniquely combines advanced Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) service capabilities and a purpose-built training environment under one roof, strengthening the availability of Metso’s services in a key mining region.
As the only regional player to combine service operations and a training center into a single complex, Metso helps its customers improve performance through faster response times and hands-on training. With these capabilities, Metso supports customers both in equipment repair needs and proactively by strengthening expertise, safety, and workforce readiness.
The total value of the investment is approximately 15 million euros. The center covers approximately 1,900 m2 of service and training facilities.
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Metso has made an investment decision to proceed with the second phase of the Lokomotion technology center construction in Lahdesjärvi, Tampere. The second phase includes the construction of a new crusher factory as part of the technology center complex. The investment for the second phase is approximately EUR 60 million, spread over three years. The share of the investment for 2026 is estimated at approximately EUR 15 million.
The Lokomotion technology center forms a modern and resource-efficient production and technology complex where technologies, equipment, and components for aggregates and sand production are designed, tested, and manufactured. The technology center is expected to be fully completed in the early 2030s.
Second phase construction to begin in June
The second phase of the Lokomotion project expands the assembly and logistics buildings of the first phase currently under construction in Lahdesjärvi. Construction will begin with earthworks in June 2026, and crusher production in the new factory is estimated to start in the fall of 2028. Construction will proceed in parallel with the first phase, enabling a phased commissioning.
The total floor area of the center is approximately 66,000 m2, of which the second phase accounts for approximately 12,000 m2.
First phase of construction proceeding on schedule
The construction of the first phase of the technology center began in June 2024 and is proceeding according to the overall schedule. The first phase is estimated to be completed in August 2027. The first phase includes the construction of assembly and testing facilities for mobile crushers, as well as warehouse space. Building services and structural work are currently underway at the site. Production of track-mounted Lokotrack® crushing and screening plants is scheduled to begin at the new factory in Lahdesjärvi during the third quarter of 2027.
The investment for the first phase is approximately EUR 150 million, of which EUR 70 million has been spent by the end of April 2026.
Metso’s current Lokomo site for the aggregates business in Hatanpää, Tampere, will gradually move to the new technology center. Following this, the company plans to divest the Hatanpää plot and buildings it owns.
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